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Small Presses
Whether you're pursuing the publication of your first book or your fifth, use our Small Presses database to research publisher interests, contact information, and submission guidelines.
| Small Press | Genres Published | Electronic Submissions? | Simultaneous Submissions? | Reading Period | Formats |
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 Alternative Book PressAlternative Book Press is a new publishing company established in October 2012 by Columbia University and Cornell University graduates with the following aim in view: To identify and publish genuine, pathbreaking works reflecting alternative viewpoints far away from the huge volumes of matter in publishing today. Works that stand out. Works that are not written primarily from the point of view of sales, but rather works that will be seen 50 or 100 years from now as of lasting import. |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Paperback Hardcover E-book Audio |
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Novella, Short story collections, Essay collections, Novel, Memoir Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Graphic/Illustrated, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, Pop Culture, Serialized Fiction, Translation, War |
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 Ampersand BooksWe are after writing the major publishing world would leave behind - the difficult, the strange, the unspoken. We are after beauty and grace. Our authors are young, full of spit and verve, most publishing for the first time. We have no preconceived notions of what kinds of writing we are interested in publishing; sometimes our choices surprise even ourselves. However, we are extremely disinterested in genre fiction and social issues. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 | |
 Anvil Press Publishers Inc.Anvil Press is a Vancouver literary press founded in 1991. Now in its twenty-second year of publishing, Anvil has firmly established itself as a publisher of progressive, contemporary Canadian literature with a distinctly urban twist. An award-winning publisher of poetry, fiction, and non-fiction, Anvil has become known for its quality books and unconventional literary work. National—and local—in its vision, Anvil remains committed to its East Vancouver roots, and doesn’t shy away from work from the wrong side of the tracks. [CANADIAN AUTHORS ONLY.] |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
No | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 |
Paperback |
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Novella, Short story collections, Essay collections, Novel, Memoir, Poetry collections |
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Apogee PressWe publish poetry that is oriented toward innovative original language. |
Poetry | Yes | Yes | Jan 1 - Dec 31 | |
 Aquarius PressTo publish develop, publish and promote talented writers typically underrepresented in the literary marketplace. |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | No | Mar 1 - Sep 30 |
Paperback E-book |
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Chapbook, Novella, Short story collections, Essay collections Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction |
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 Aqueous BooksWe accept literary fiction (including short story collections, novels, and novellas); magical realism and dystopic works; horror, dark psychology, and paranormal; philosophical and serio-comic philosophy; and works of literary theory. Please do not send poetry, science fiction or fantasy, religious, romance, mystery, mainstream women's or chick lit, how-to, children's or young adult, or anything in a genre other than those specified above. |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction |
Yes | Yes |
Paperback E-book |
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Novella, Short story collections, Essay collections, Novel Autobiography/Memoir, Commercial Fiction, Cross-genre, Experimental, Flash Fiction, Historical, Literary Fiction, Narrative Nonfiction, War |
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